Reaching the century mark remains a relative rarity for humans, but it is increasingly less so, and perhaps nowhere more than in rapidly aging Japan. The number of Japanese who are at least 100 years old, known as centenarians, has reached 58,820, according to ...

The number of people aged 65 or older in Japan will top a record 32.9 million on Monday, accounting for an all-time high of 25.9 percent of the nation’s total population, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications estimated Sunday. The elderly population increased ...

A record-high 31.86 million people, or about a quarter of Japan, were over 65 years old as of Sunday, up 1.12 million from a year earlier, according to a demographic estimate released by the government. The record high of 25.0 percent, up 0.9 point, ...